04:08 PM EDT, 10/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes ended mixed Thursday as Tesla (TSLA) shares surged. * Tesla jumped 22%, a day after the electric vehicle maker posted a surprise gain in Q3 earnings and issued a bullish outlook on 2025 volume growth. * December West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell $0.58 to $70.19 a barrel, while...

02:31 PM EDT, 10/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Monopar Therapeutics ( MNPR ) agreed to acquire the worldwide rights to ALXN-1840, a drug for Wilson disease that has successfully completed a Phase 3 trial, from a division of AstraZeneca (AZN). Shares of Monopar more than quadrupled as intraday volume topped 12.1 million shares versus the daily average of about 825,000. Nxu...

04:14 PM EDT, 10/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks fell late Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index down 0.7% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) decreasing 0.5%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) shed 0.4%. In corporate news, Marinus Pharmaceuticals ( MRNS ) shares plunged 82% after the company said its phase 3 trial of...

03:49 PM EDT, 10/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed late Thursday afternoon with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) shedding 0.1% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) jumping 3.2%. In corporate news, Yum! Brands ( YUM ) shares declined 0.7% after the company's Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC ( YUM ) divisions...